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Should Your Write A Column for Free?
The columnist writes to share information and experiences, become recognized, achieve credibility, possibly become syndicated, and to be paid. Why would you write for free?
There are conflicting sentiments about this and each writer must weigh the pros and cons and make their own decision. Writers often are criticized if they offer to write anything for free. However, many find this an ideal way to start getting into print and acquiring credits.
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My first column was written in exchange for subscriptions of the newspaper sent to family and friends. When I was offered the opportunity to help a newspaper in my hometown get started, by writing a weekly cooking column, I was excited. I'd recently finished a journalism course and was pleased to gain experience in this capacity.
The editor, also the publisher, said he didn't have the funds to pay me in the beginning. I don't regret doing this because the column was received very favorably by the newspaper’s readers, and I received on-the-job experience finding ideas and meeting a weekly deadline. The editor wanted to use my columns instead of those by a syndicated columnist.
True to his word, he began paying me after I'd written for several months. He also offered me the opportunity to write a column on antiques and collectibles for which he also paid me.
Because I got my start with "Country Kitchen" with my hometown newspaper, I've written it for a number of publications for more than forty years. With the experience gained through this column, I've gone on to write many types of columns, publish a manual, "Writing Magazine & Newspaper Columns," and teach online and community education classes in Column Writing.
Writers must value their time and work, yet be understanding of the position of magazines and newspapers. By developing an understanding of one another’s situations, editors and writers usually can work out equitable arrangements which benefit both.
Mary Emma Allen has written columns on cooking, rural living, quiltmaking, antiques and collectibles, gardening, history, writing, family history, scrapbooking, and children’s writing activities. Visit her web site: http://homepage.fcgnetworks.net/jetent/mea; E-mail: me.allen@juno.com
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